Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-13
RIOT IN DENVER.
The Queen City of the Plains Has War
of Races-Several Fatally Wounded.


of Races-Several Fatally Wounded.
DENVER, COL, April 11.-A bloody riot
occurred late last night between rival
Swedes, Poles and Hungarian colonies,
at Thirty fourth and Blake streets, which
resulted in fatally shooting one man, seri-
ously wounding several others, and it was
with the combined efforts OF the police
force and patrol wagons the affair was pre-
vented from resulting in a wholesale mas
sacre. The settlement where the riot oc-
CURED is composed of twenty-five families,
who live in small, one.s tory tenement
houses not over % by 20 feet square, the
men mostly being employed at the SINE ters
and foundries loca ted in the neighborhood.
, The melee grew out of a long standing jeal-
ousy in he settlemen g over q young
Polish woman named Alice Folka.
who yesterday morning left
the settlement on the south
side of the street and spent the
day in the rival colony on the north side
In honor OF her visit, several kegs of beer
were tapped which caused frequent brawls
during the afternoon and until late this
evening when the mob, who we're beastly
intoxicated. In the house adjoining the one
where fifteen or wenty men were celebra-
ting the visit Of the girl. Mr.. and Mrs.
knaud, rivals OF their neighbors, prepared
to celebrate q christening Of an eight
months old child. They had invited a
number of their friends and also laid in a
supply OF beer, garlic and other delicacies
OF their race.
THE KNAUDs CROWD
had reached an advanced state of intoxi-
cation by midnight and one part OF them
going on the front pavement at this hour
accidentally met a member from the other
house situated not over ten TO fifteen feet
away. A fight Immediately ensued, the
Knaud crowd reinforced from those inside,
drove the rivals into their den when the
widest scene took place, chairs and tables.
bedsteads were broken up and pieces were
the head. Many were knocked senseless
and trampled under foot until life was al
most extinct. Plastering was torn from
the walls and every glass in the house was
smashed until it looked like it had been
raked with grape and canister.
AFTER A BITTER FIGHT
the Knaud crowd were driven to their
house and where the same scene was trans
acted. Several shots were fired and Pole
named Bihoritch fatally shot and several
others seriously wounded. Police in the
neighborhood attempted to quiet the dis
turbance and made arrests, but we're driven
away by the mob. Reinforcements were
sent for to the central station when the
patrol wagon Immediately responded with
twelve policemen, armed with Winchesters,
who immediat ~ surrounded the houses.
The mob ut first attemptel to resist and
made dash at the officers armed with
clubs, knives aud revolvers, but when
they met the blue coats ready to
fire into them they fell back and made lit.
tie resistance when the party were loaded
into the wagon and driven rapidly to the
station. Several trips were made by the
patrol until nearly thirty had been arrest
ed and jailed. 1t is supposed many es-
capped. But one or two prisoners can
speak English. They are ragged and dirty
and spattered with blood and dirt and
have the appearance OF the lowest type of
humanity. They were sent to Denver a
week ago direct from Hungary, Poland,
Bohemia and other parts OF Europe and
without doubt belong to that class whose
only argument is dynamite.